Google Wave primarily failed because: 1. Performance was never more than tolerable 2. Invite only access 3. Invites didn't go out immediately, just added peo

Google Wave primarily failed because: 1. Performance was never more than tolerable 2. Invite only access 3. Invites didn't go out immediately, just added people to a pool of potential future invites A product that required the network effect of a large connected userbase to succeed only had random individuals with access. Literally no one I invited and would have used it with got in, and I was in one of the first couple batches of public users to get access. A spectacular self-own on Google's part with that rollout.